Portuguese

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Etymology

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From joeira +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: jo‧ei‧rar

Verb

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joeirar (first-person singular present joeiro, first-person singular preterite joeirei, past participle joeirado)

  1. (agriculture) to winnow (to separate grain from chaff by throwing them in the air)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to winnow; to sift (to separate the good from the bad)

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